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 Terrifying..................8
by the Russians and Chinese, seems such a terrifying threat, also for spiritual development. Would you discuss 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
very fact that it is unknown, it becomes terrifying. There is no human being who does not 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
into the outside life what seems like a terrifying self-confrontation. Hence the projection cannot yield peace and 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
The fearful person experiences this vibration as a terrifying dissolution of self. The same fear applies to 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
He admitted that much of his arrogance and terrifying manner was a gambit to control others. Here 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
unbearably lonely, fearful, and meaningless. Unfathomable death is terrifying, and although it is possible to deny this 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
Sooner or later everyone is faced with this terrifying illusory end, both their own and others'. But 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
the light of positive aggression is fearsome and terrifying. Only God manifest can become visible and perceivable 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
 
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and truly dissolving. This means that the whole territory is not fully explored. There are so many 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
thoughts, and actions follow. All this is familiar territory -- at least in theory, if not always 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
a human being's life signifies venturing into a territory that has not been mastered before. The same 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
that expands your power over life. You convert territory that was alien and inaccessible into familiar ground 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
within you. Again you venture forth into new territory, struggling to unify the discovered disunity. And so 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
sometimes, when you approach an as yet unrecognized territory within yourself where the false needs and the 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
The process of self-enlargement, of making apparently foreign territory your own domain, constitutes the Pathwork -- any 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
stiffening against change, against expanding into new spiritual territory. These traits express the attitude, I will stay 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
expansion is always a step beyond a known territory. The ego has evolved to its present state 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
result of what humanity has already achieved. The territory people have gained determines their degree of functioning 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
their experience and awareness. When I speak of territory, I mean a state of awareness, creative life 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
experiencing life deeper and more meaningful. The word territory is thus not to be understood in a 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
in a total sense. The fences around this territory indicate the degree of the ego's self-transcendence. Every 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
the universe, this change always means a new territory has become your own. People truly wither away 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
go beyond the ego's present confines. The new territory is foreign, unknown. People want to avoid the 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
the stagnant, narrow confines of the already known territory -- for regardless of how much wider it 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
much wider it may be compared to the territory of others, it is still narrower as compared 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
and learn and own as yet unknown spiritual territory. It needs to expand its knowledge, experience, and 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
the safest possible way. Then you acquire new territory: a territory that was at first frighteningly foreign 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
possible way. Then you acquire new territory: a territory that was at first frighteningly foreign, unknown, and 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
on a voyage leading you into the new territory of your inner universe. Whether you have had 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
the familiar. You feel safe in a familiar territory, even though this territory may actually be less 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
safe in a familiar territory, even though this territory may actually be less safe than the unfamiliar 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
stepping beyond the old fences and making new territory your own familiar ground, in which you soon 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
and you expand your circumference; you expand the territory for your psychic at homeness until finally all 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
final tunnel. When you embrace expansion into new territory in your daily life -- when you stop 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
self-expression. You have made more of the foreign territory your own; you see more, you comprehend more 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
 
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person has accepted this. These things lose their terror once acceptance has taken place due to understanding 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
to understanding. Now, if there is a particular terror with regard to being murdered, but no such 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
each mishap loses more of its darkness and terror, and thus you master your mishaps, yourself, and 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
direction, you will surely come to see the terror as total illusion, as overgrown imagination. Because of 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
your world of illusion wherein you are in terror of being rejected; 4) the effect of all 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
up the request. Hence, you will be without terror. Being without the terror of being slighted or 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you will be without terror. Being without the terror of being slighted or rejected, you will become 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
do not please you. Since there is no terror, there is no need to be unwilling to 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
abyss of illusion that not being loved spells terror. Broadly speaking, this is the way upward. Of 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
misconception that not getting what you want means terror, darkness, and unhappiness. Simultaneously, the evolving conscious part 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
part of it which is superimposed on your terror of death. For only then can you truly 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
that makes such self-accusation necessary for you. The terror in you, which you cannot let go, is 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
so difficult. It is often the inherent, unconscious terror of failure that makes life so arduous. So 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
In this unfinished, ignorant, and blind state of terror, you would all too easily escape into death 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
to taste and discover that it holds no terror, that it can be coped with, that one 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
static lifelessness of apathy contains a much greater terror than any live hurt, pain, or unhappiness ever 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
both positive and negative, serve to alleviate the terror of non-feeling, which is a state of nonlife 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
emotions, instituted as a means of averting a terror? The manufactured feelings are always troublesome and problematic 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
-- which is, of course, no feelings. The terror is infinitely greater when the conscious self that 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
side of the self that fears feelings. The terror of being unable to feel cannot be compared 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
or less obvious forms of resisting, by your terror of letting go of your defenses and allowing 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
face the sadistic feelings, without the threat and terror you still experience about them -- although not 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
in this person's presence. I think the sexual terror I have is very strong in this situation 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
wish, your unconscious shrinks away from it in terror. The resulting frustration confuses you, frightens you, and 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
inordinately fear. In this way you breed more terror. The unification of the tremendously painful division within 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
In this attitude any painful feeling loses its terror because it no longer seems the final fate 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
not a bottomless well of meaningless bleakness, unknown terror, reasonless violence, and selfishness. This layer does exist 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
be received. Only when one can lose without terror is winning possible: The one who is terrified 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
self-identification takes place, a deep and apparently bottomless terror of the human soul disappears. Often this terror 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
terror of the human soul disappears. Often this terror is not experienced consciously. Only when you are 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
real self, do you become aware of this terror. This is a transitional period which may last 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
or for many incarnations. You may hide this terror from yourself or face it. To the degree 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
hide it, you have gained nothing, for the terror will still leave its indelible marks on your 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
and limiting than the actual experience of the terror. In fact the truth is just the opposite 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
fact the truth is just the opposite. The terror exists only because you do not know there 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
of you which you hate. Because of this terror, you consistently hesitate to even identify what you 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
pseudo-existence. When this point is not dealt with, terror remains in the soul; then the terror is 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
with, terror remains in the soul; then the terror is denied and repressed -- and this repressed 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
is denied and repressed -- and this repressed terror has additional adverse effects on the personality, which 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
decision and commitment to face your fears, the terror disappears and you realize that you can find 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
So, identification with the real self removes the terror of annihilation -- not just death, but annihilation 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
your feelings is very strong, it leads to terror, and the terror can bring the person into 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
very strong, it leads to terror, and the terror can bring the person into an acute state 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
be released so you can go into the terror of your fear, your shame, your pain. When 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
as the assumption becomes exaggerated, fear turns into terror. The terror of sadness creates a compulsive urge 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
assumption becomes exaggerated, fear turns into terror. The terror of sadness creates a compulsive urge to avoid 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
sadness through the circumstances you inevitable attract, your terror, arising from your conviction that you must perish 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
the rebellious anger in you that fuels your terror and of the misconception that makes you struggle 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
state. Only the isolated ego-bound entity experiences the terror of finiteness. Distrust and suspiciousness are not only 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
and although it is possible to deny this terror, it cannot be dissolved as long as the 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
their own and others'. But even if this terror is not acute, it remains a gnawing force 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
inner and outer life. You will find the terror of the vacuum, and you ultimately will find 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
pain and sadness; at will produce fear and terror; at will produce equanimity and peace; pleasure and 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
now: pain, meanness, malice, hate, suffering, guilt, fear, terror. All these must be transcended. Then, and then 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
point at their ground: The areas of your terror or your evil. This is not so. As 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
not so. As long as you avoid your terror and evil, they live in you as phantoms 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
my mind in order not to face the terror that I am nothing inside, that I am 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
switch of consciousness. You traverse walls of unknown terror in your pathwork as a result of your 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
rejection, guilt, rage, all shades of fear and terror, as well as the even more feared feelings 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
body, you believe that experiencing your pain and terror -- or your imagined worthlessness -- is death 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
connection between the dark corner of fear, doubt, terror, and the longing. To the degree the fears 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
made a mistake, is unforgivable and unacceptable. Your terror is very simply that. Your belief is that 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
and beyond what I said before about the terror of the child that his parents can be 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY

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